In the arrangement, shown in figure, pulleys A and B are massless and frictionless and threads are ideal. Block of mass m1 will remain at rest if:

\[ \frac{1}{m_{3}}=\frac{2}{m_{2}}+\frac{3}{m_{1}} \]
\[ m_{1}= m_{2}= m_{3} \]
\[ \frac{4}{m_{1}}=\frac{1}{m_{2}}+\frac{1}{m_{3}}\]
\[ \frac{1}{m_{1}}=\frac{1}{m_{2}}+\frac{1}{m_{3}}\]
Solution:

In the movable pulley system, tension in the string connecting m2 and m3 is:
Since this tension acts twice to balance
, we equate:
Cancelling
and rearranging gives:
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